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Speaker 1: We've got a very special game coming up that's a

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Speaker 1: lot more than a game this weekend.

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Speaker 2: I'm very young and proud to be Captain Rubb and

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Speaker 2: hopefully I can lead by example out in the ground,

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Speaker 2: get out there and then talk to someone about it.

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Speaker 2: I was stubborn.

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Speaker 3: Danny Frowley was a friend to many, including myself in

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Speaker 3: the media through the work that he did. A colleague.

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Speaker 3: He was also still is very much an inspiration to

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Speaker 3: so many more Victorians, Australians, many players at the Kilda

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Speaker 3: Footy Club. He was also a husband, a father and

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Speaker 3: a bloody great bloke. Anita Frawley, welcome to the show.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: You're more than welcome.

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Speaker 2: Yes, good morning, very early and I'm glad to be here.

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Speaker 2: So I really appreciate you having this and for all

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Speaker 2: your kindness and generosity so far.

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Speaker 1: I always wonder it must be hard for families who

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Speaker 1: lose someone who was in the media, because there's highlights,

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Speaker 1: there's replays on TV. Just just hearing Danny's voice then.

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Speaker 2: Instantly it's just it's just the way it is and

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Speaker 2: probably makes it all more worthwhile. And when you hear

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Speaker 2: that voice in the background, and he's still so relevant

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Speaker 2: and still has such a purpose that it's it's pretty

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Speaker 2: special and I kind of, you know, really lean into

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Speaker 2: what my girls must feel when they hear and see

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Speaker 2: him all the time.

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Speaker 4: Well, he was such an icon in footy as well,

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Speaker 4: and your girl shared him with so many people who

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Speaker 4: loved who loved Spuds so much. So while it must

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Speaker 4: be a huge honor, that must be overwhelming as well.

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Speaker 2: I think it can be overwhelming, but that's probably the

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Speaker 2: whole purpose that we try and put that then towards

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Speaker 2: something like you know, what we're doing, so it makes

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Speaker 2: it worthwhile and it helps them.

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Speaker 3: So Spuds Match is what we're here to talk about.

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Speaker 3: What would Danny think of Spuds Spud's game.

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Speaker 2: Oh, he'd be loving it. He'd be just thinking how

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Speaker 2: good is this? And it's been you know, a battle

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Speaker 2: to get it there, and really grateful for the AFL

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Speaker 2: and Carlton and Sint Kilda obviously turning this on because

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Speaker 2: it's pretty special and we hope everyone gets there.

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Speaker 4: So tell us what it's all about for those who

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Speaker 4: might not be familiar with what Spuds Match is all about.

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Speaker 2: So Spuds Match is really getting the voice out there

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Speaker 2: on what we're trying to put out. So this year

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Speaker 2: it's don't carry it alone. So you know, if you

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Speaker 2: are struggling, if you need some help, just have the

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Speaker 2: courage and the strength to reach out to one of

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Speaker 2: your mates or someone close to you, because it really

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Speaker 2: does make a huge difference and it's putting a voice

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Speaker 2: to you know, it is a huge issue. In Australia.

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Speaker 2: One in five will suffer some sort of anxiety or

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Speaker 2: mental health issue and so that's four point three million Australians.

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Speaker 2: And I know for me personally, just over the last week,

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Speaker 2: I've had three friends reach out. Wow, I think it's

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Speaker 2: actually more problem.

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Speaker 4: And Bloats are notoriously worse with this stuff, aren't they.

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Speaker 2: Well that was his passion, you know, He's one of

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Speaker 2: his sayings was just look over the gate to your mate.

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Speaker 2: And you know he was especially farmers, those in the country,

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Speaker 2: getting them to speak. And I'm not sure we're there yet,

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Speaker 2: but we're getting better.

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Speaker 3: A long way to go, and important awareness through games

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Speaker 3: like yes moments like.

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Speaker 2: Those moments, Yeah, the two minute moments always pretty special

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Speaker 2: and it really does put a highlight on that just

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Speaker 2: that silence and that what we're there for.

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Speaker 4: So now it was Danny called Spud because he was

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Speaker 4: once upon a time a potato farmer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. He had a few nicknames, bomb Head and

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Speaker 2: a couple of others. What were the other.

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Speaker 4: Did he grow up on a potato farm?

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Speaker 2: Yes, he did. His family came out from Ireland and

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Speaker 2: landed in Bungaree and were potato farmers. Danny was a

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Speaker 2: potato farmer when I met him and when he first

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Speaker 2: started his career. We lived when we got married in

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Speaker 2: and then moved to Melbourne and it was just also.

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Speaker 4: Foot and then potato farming in between.

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Speaker 2: Remember him, he did his achilles and it was in

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Speaker 2: a plaster and he's gone out to the paddock, you know,

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Speaker 2: through all the red dirt and it was just it

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Speaker 2: wasn't it wasn't.

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Speaker 4: Not a good sept But they must be some of

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Speaker 4: your favorite memories, right because everyone knows Danny Frawley for

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Speaker 4: his work in footy, but all those little private moments

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Speaker 4: that people didn't get to see you must be so special.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, he was a lot of laughs and a

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Speaker 2: lot of fun. Especially. Yeah, he was Alarican, a real

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Speaker 1: We're only chatting about him a couple of weeks back

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Speaker 1: because you guys came up with the great initiative this

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Speaker 1: year about how people could donate and get their name

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Speaker 1: on the jumper.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and thank you to you guys. I've bought the

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Speaker 2: jumper in We've got your name on it.

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Speaker 3: Oh, look at it?

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Speaker 4: So is this? What are the players wearing this on

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Speaker 4: the weekend?

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I think they would be. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: no doubt that looks so. Yes, people could donate three

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Speaker 2: hundred dollars to get a significant name on the jumper,

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Speaker 2: and there was a thousand jumpers and yeah, it's.

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Speaker 4: Jam packed full of names. You must be like slightly

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Speaker 4: overwhelm when you see how many.

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Speaker 2: People there's been beautiful letters come through to Chelsea that

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Speaker 2: she shared with the girls and I and it's triggering,

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Speaker 2: but oh boy, it's to read people's stories is pretty

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Speaker 2: incredible and pretty overwhelming. But yeah, it kind of makes

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Speaker 2: it all worthwhile.

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Speaker 4: He's left such an amazing legacy, not just in footy

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Speaker 4: and in and in Spud's game, but in you and

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Speaker 4: his beautiful girls as well.

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Speaker 2: You.

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Speaker 4: He'd be so proud of all the work you guys

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Speaker 4: are doing.

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Speaker 2: Yes well where you know, we've got a long long

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Speaker 2: way to go, So we need people at the game

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Speaker 2: on Friday night and we need people donating on the

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Speaker 2: Saint Kilda website.

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Speaker 1: The Spuds the boys are going to be wearing the

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Speaker 1: jumper on Friday night so you'd be able to see

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Speaker 1: it in action.

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Speaker 4: Spud's game is So Kilda Verse Carlton at the MCG

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Speaker 4: this Friday at seven forty pm and if you'd like

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Speaker 4: to donate, you can jump on at Saints dot com

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Speaker 4: dot au. Don't carry it alone, share the message and

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Speaker 4: check in on a mate. Is the key to this weekend,

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Speaker 4: isn't it?

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Speaker 2: That certainly is And if everyone can just reach out

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Speaker 2: and do that to someone that they know, that would

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Speaker 2: make a huge difference to people's lives.

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Speaker 3: All that's left is for a Sint Kilda win exactly.

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Speaker 1: Look they're just on top eight.

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Speaker 3: He did love his Saints. He's a sink Kilda icon.

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Speaker 3: M hirl the girls.

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Speaker 2: Chelsea is definitely obviously mad football. Daniel obviously not so

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Speaker 2: much anymore. Kearley, Yeah, she's Saints me. Don't ask me

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Speaker 2: too much about it. You're busy, very passionate SKA, but

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Speaker 2: don't keep too much on other things.

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Speaker 1: To please pass our best on the family and congratulations

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Speaker 1: on the work you guys are doing. Like Laurence said,

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Speaker 1: Spud left an amazing legacy that you guys are hugely

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Speaker 1: contributing to.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much, and again thank you for your

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Speaker 2: kind donation and and what you're doing to help us.

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Speaker 2: Really appreciated.

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Speaker 1: And come on the Saints.

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Speaker 4: It doesn't matter if you're Saints or a Carltons fan.

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Speaker 4: Get out and support Spud's game this weekend.

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Speaker 1: I need to join us on the air this morning.

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Speaker 1: It has just got on fort nine.

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Speaker 4: He's in Lauren, Lauren, wake up feeling good following them

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Speaker 4: on the socials. Yeah. I